Sanjeev Bikhchandani, VCs, entrepreneurs to address IIM Calcutta Entrepreneurship Summit 2009

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Updated on July 25, 2016
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IIM Calcutta, in association with SIDBI and National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), is organizing the Second Annual Entrepreneurship Summit on 24 January 2009 at the IIM Calcutta campus.

The key speakers at the summit include Naukri founder Mr Sanjeev Bhikchandani and Mr Kunwer Sachdev, CEO of Sukam. The main objective of the event is to create awareness among students about entrepreneurship, create synergy between academia and the practitioners, and align entrepreneurship with management education.

According to IIM C, this year's event would focus on four specific aspects of entrepreneurship: Youth Power and Spirit of excellence; Generation to Generation: How Entrepreneur Families Succeed?;      Beyond Borders: What Drives Entrepreneurship in Global Arena? and, Corporate Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurial is your Organization?

Panel discussions would be held on these topics with role model entrepreneurs known in the domain for setting high standards in business excellence and noteworthy achievements. The speakers include Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and CEO, naukri.com, and Mr. Kunwer Sachdev, CEO, Sukam who will lead the Keynote discussion "Entrepreneurship: A way of life".

Other speakers include Mr. R. Ramaraj, Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital India; co-founder and ex-CEO of SIFY; Mr. Sarath Babu, Founder and CEO, Foodking Catering; Mr. Sachin Duggal,CEO, Nivio; Mr. Bikram Dasgupta, Chairman and CEO, Globsyn group; and Mr. Abhishek Rungta, Founder & CEO, Indus Net Technologies, among others. 

 One of the highlights of the event would be an Enterprise quiz, interspersed between the various panel discussions, to be conducted by Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Dean, Praxis Business School.